Example sentences of "a period [prep] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerhard Stoltenberg ( the federal Defence Minister — see p. 36597 ) resigned in April 1989 as CDU party chairman in Schleswig-Holstein , following a period of setbacks for the CDU , including the scandal surrounding the former ( CDU ) Minister President , Uwe Barschel — see pp. 35722-23 ; 36045 ) . |
| 2 | Mr Hurd appealed for a period of calm for the Royal Family . |
| 3 | The danger for the Government is that it may all come just a bit too late to expunge the memories of our current travails and of too long a period of neglect for the supply-side of the economy to respond . |
| 4 | As foreign issues have also grown rapidly following the abolition in 1979 of exchange controls , it is no exaggeration to see the 1980s as a period of renaissance for the sterling bond market . |
| 5 | Though their decline is inevitable , and must usher in a period of unrest for the community , the maintenance of their own power adds of course directly to the utility of the governing elite and is a necessary condition for the order and stability of the community . |